Welcome back readers! I realize this is my first post since November of last year, but I plan on making up for my little hiatus with some great beer drinking and reviewing. I hope you enjoy the coming slew of write-ups as much as I did! Onto the beer...
This beer pours a black with brown hue when light passes through it. It's got a creamy, but modest head that disappears over the course of about 5 minutes.
The smell is dominated by thick malt, roasted scents, baker's chocolate and some esspresso. Some grassy, earthy notes creep in too.
The taste is all roasted malts at first and then it gradually morphs into the chocolatey dessert that it is supposed to be. Big bitter malts upfront with a bittersweet chocolate taste on the back end. The middle is spent trying to figure out which taste is more present but in actuality they both are very present. An extremely tasty beer. Honestly the most intense flavor I've experienced in a stout. I would describe the flavor as pretty one dimensional but it does that one aspect extremely well.
Kind of light on the palate, especially when cold. As it warms, it becomes a little thicker but still a bit lighter than I expected. Carbonation is mild to low and forms a nice texture despite the lack of substance.
Easy to down a bomber due to the taste but the taste becomes more thick as it warms so not the most drinkable beer overall. For a stout, quite drinkable.
Bought a bomber for $5.99 + tax (only available in this large bottle format). Bombers are not the ideal value but this beer was very solid and I enjoyed every minute of it. I do wish it had a more creamy texture to accompany the bold, bitter chocolate flavors but more than satisfying and so flavorful.
Score: A- 4.0/5
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